by Max Daman | May 21, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Oceanfront homes in Puerto Rico will have a firm foundation thanks to a Liebherr HS 8100 HD duty cycle crawler crane. Densification Inc., a Virginia-based company, chose the crane to help prepare residential building lots as part of a multi-million dollar project...
by Max Daman | May 19, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
The Manitowoc Group said Potain, the manufacturer of tower cranes based in France, has pledged to support reconstruction efforts of the historic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, which was badly damaged in a fire last month. Manitowoc said it will provide tower cranes...
by Max Daman | May 16, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News
LiftWerx has launched a wind tower crane for carrying out wind turbine operations and maintenance (O&M), which is powered by wind energy. The company developed the GenHook kit in cooperation with Kenz Figee and Eager One, which designed to perform corrective...
by Max Daman | May 15, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
KUALA LUMPUR – Units of Favelle Favco Bhd have secured a total of six contracts for the supply of tower cranes, worth a cumulative RM78.3 million. In a bourse filing today, it said its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Favelle Favco Cranes Pty Ltd, Favelle Favco Cranes...
by Max Daman | May 4, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News
April, 26th. 2019 the buy option on the Liebherr rental crane typeApril, 26th. 2019 the buy option on the Liebherr rental crane type 110 EC-B 6 FR.tronic (LE 22172) has been lifted by the company BAJART. • Jib length: 55,0 m (1.400 kg) • Max. lifting capacity: 6.000...
by Max Daman | May 2, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Manitowoc has released its largest telescopic crawler crane in its Grove Telescopic Boom Crawler range to the North American market. Featuring improved load capacities compared with previous models, the new GHC140 is the biggest one yet. With a 52.1m (171ft)...
by Max Daman | May 1, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Workforce News
No fear of heights here. When Shane Schroedel has work to do, he is the first one up—and sometimes doesn’t come down for 12 hours At six-foot-six, tower crane operator Shane Schroedel squeezes into a cab so snug, he can touch both sides with his elbows. He...
by Max Daman | Apr 29, 2019 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
Toronto has the most Tower Cranes erected in North America PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Only 2 cities in the US have more tower cranes erected than Portland as the city’s building booms in mixed-use/residential projects. As of July 2018, there are 30...
by Max Daman | Apr 25, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Citing increased demand for topless flat top tower cranes, Manitowoc recently unveiled its largest Potain topless model to date at Bauma. “Over the past 10 years we’ve seen consistent growth in demand for topless cranes, with customers benefiting from their fast...
by Max Daman | Apr 25, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX) today announced that it has sold its boom truck, truck crane and crossover product lines to Load King, a subsidiary of Custom Truck One Source L.P. Included in the transaction are the assets and parts business associated with these...
